Artificial Kidney News

Early pioneers including Willem Kolff, MD, PhD, and Belding Scribner, MD, ushered in an era of hemodialysis treatment for irreversible kidney failure.

For the last 5 years, the University of Washington’s Center for Dialysis Innovation has organized Innovations in Dialysis: Expediting Advances Symposium or IDEAS.

The journey to building an artificial human kidney with stem cells may be one step shorter with recent developments.

Wearable devices may play a significant role in the future of kidney care, according to a presenter at the International Conference on Dialysis.

The HHS and the announced the six winners of the Artificial Kidney Phase 1 competition, which began accepting submissions on Oct. 30, 2020.

Developers of devices like the artificial kidney need to take advantage of technological advances, but the end users — in this case, patients with kidney disease — should be included as key advisers, a speaker said during Kidney Week.

A team from the University of Washington Center for Dialysis Innovation was awarded $650,000 by KidneyX after becoming one of six groups to win the ongoing Artificial Kidney Prize competition.

The 2021 KidneyX Summit – held virtually again this year – serves as a celebration of innovation in kidney failure treatments, while also presenting attendees with an opportunity to recommit to health equity, according to a speaker.

Holding patient insight as valuable, and thus expanding ways patients can participate in all stages of product development, is essential to ensuring equitable access to emerging dialysis technologies, an expert in patient advocacy said.